Short:        Check AmigaGuide docs for nasty tricks.
Author:       Paul Kolenbrander (paul@serena.iaehv.nl)
Uploader:     Paul Kolenbrander (paul serena iaehv nl)
Type:         text/hyper
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

Version 1.0 is an update to version 0.9
New: 1. Now also checks for 'address command' sequences
     2. new option WARN for use in scripts.

ScanGuide is a small CLI tool I put together after reading a thread in the
UseNet Amiga newsgroups about how one could misuse the @onopen & @onclose
commands supported by AmigaGuide to wreak havoc on an unsuspecting Amiga
user. Tricks like formatting someone's harddisk or deleting all his/her
files when (s)he opens or closes an AmigaGuide document isn't my kind of
humor at all. 

So I created ScanGuide. Just feed it the path and filename of an AmigaGuide
document (say one from an archive you just downloaded) and it'll scan that
document and report all lines containing @onopen and @onclose commands. Then
it is up to you to check these lines for possible nastyness. The optional ALL
parameter will make ScanGuide 1.0 also do a search for the " rx ", " rxs ",
'address command' and " system " commands. As these an be misused as well
unfortunately. For more info please check the ScanGuide.Doc file enclosed in
the archive.

Usage:

ScanGuide <AmigaGuide file> [ALL] [WARN]

That's about all. It's a freebie people, no charge! Just my contribution to 
making life a bit safer for 'Amiganoid LifeForms'. But if you really feel it
deserves somerenumeration, then check out ScanGuide.Doc. There are a couple
of worthwhile causes I'd suggest you might send a small donation to.

21st January 1996

Paul Kolenbrander